Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Annual report

Technical Report · Fri Feb 15 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5964150

This report contains five sections with an appendix. The introductory section briefly covers the program legislation and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Plan and Amendments. The current status of the SPR is outlined in Section II and the appropriations to date are in section III. Section IV addresses organization, management and contractor support. A discussion of the drawdown system and vulnerability impact are set forth in section V. The appendix contains detailed information on the status of each SPR site and SPR crude oil specifications. Some of the highlights for the calendar year 1984 are: (1) SPR achieved an inventory level of 450.5 million barrels of oil, an increase of 71.4 million barrels over that of 1983; (2) SPR was billed at an average daily fill rate of 195,000 barrels per day during 1984; (3) SPR increased its crude oil storage capability from 375 million barrels to 453 million barrels; (4) development of the Phase II storage caverns is approximately 83% complete; (5) construction of surface facilities for the Phase III caverns at Bryan Mound was completed and leaching initiated; (6) two drawdown related tests were performed; and (7) crude oil deliveries under the 1981 purchase agreement with Petroleos Mexicanos contained at a rate of 50,000 barrels per day. 6 figures, 6 tables.

• Research Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC. Strategic Petroleum Reserve
• OSTI ID: 5964150
• Report Number(s): DOE/FE-0036/1; ON: DE85009782
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CAPACITY
CARIBBEAN SEA
CAVITIES
CONTRACTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DRAWDOWN
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION VI
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GULF OF MEXICO
IMPORTS
LATIN AMERICA
LOUISIANA
MANAGEMENT
MEXICO
NORTH AMERICA
PETROLEUM
PROCUREMENT
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RESERVES
RESOURCES
SALT CAVERNS
SEAS
STORAGE
STORAGE FACILITIES
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
SURFACE WATERS
TEXAS
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
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